cyber security

SecureDrop, Encrypted System For News Tips, Announces Fix For 'Vulnerability'

7:19pm October 24, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Since 2015, newly established SecureDrop servers were briefly susceptible to tampering during installation. Experts say an attack would be very difficult, and there's no evidence one ever happened.

Patient information can be vulnerable when health care facilities are the focus of cyberattacks.

Hospitals Face Growing Cybersecurity Threats

5:00pm July 26, 2017

by Lauren Silverman

Cyberattacks and data breaches are common at health care facilities, and they can put patients' health at risk. Hospitals are behind the curve in beefing up defenses, industry analysts say.

The Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing in 2016. The Chinese government has released its first paper on cyber policy, which defends state control of Internet access in the country.

China Describes Its Vision Of Government-Controlled Internet

4:42pm March 02, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

In its first cyber policy paper, the Chinese government emphasize the idea that each country should govern the Internet as it sees fit, and insisted that the Internet in China is "fully open."

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to advise President-elect Trump on cyber security.

Rudy Giuliani To Advise Trump On Cyber Issues

2:31pm January 12, 2017

by Brian Naylor

The president-elect plans to issue a report in 90 days on how the government can improve cyber security.

Politics & Government

As Trump Dismisses CIA, Congress Looks To Confront Russian Cyberattacks

4:05pm December 11, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

A bipartisan group of senators tacitly rebuked President-elect Donald Trump in a statement Sunday on the CIA assessment that Russia used cyberattacks to influence the election.

President Obama meets with members of his national security team and cybersecurity advisers in February. Homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco and Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan are at right.

Obama Orders Sweeping Review Of International Hacking Tied To U.S. Elections

3:37pm December 09, 2016

by Tamara Keith

The review will go all the way back to the 2008 campaign and will look at "all foreign actors and any attempt to interfere with our elections," said White House spokesman Eric Schultz.

Politics & Government

New Reports Of Hackers In Democratic Party Computer Systems

7:53pm July 29, 2016

by Brian Naylor

The Clinton campaign says its systems were not hit but that a program it uses was in the party's compromised system. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was also hacked.